Use this template to cite an entire book, pamphlet, or report. Also, use this template to cite part of a book or encyclopedia, such as an article, chapter, essay, play, poem, or short story. This applies to all formats: print, audio, online, or e-book.

Use this template for Web site articles and blogs. If you found another
type of source online, use the appropriate template. For example, for
a journal, magazine, or newspaper article that is in a database or on
a Web site, use the Periodical Article template. For an e-book in a
database or on a Web site, use the Book template. For a video clip that
you watched online, use the Video Recording template, etc.

Example – entire Web site, author same as publisher

"Crater Lake." National Park Service, 2016, www.nps.gov/crla/.

Example – page on a Web site, different author and publisher, Web site title same as publisher

(Enter publisher’s full name, but omit business words and their abbreviations like Company, Incorporated, and Limited. If the Web site title is essentially the same as the publisher’s name, leave Publisher blank.)If the blog title is essentially the same as the publisher’s name, leave Publisher blank.)

Publication Date:

Could you determine a date that the Web site was created, published, or updated?

(Only use this field if you need to credit contributors who are not listed in the Author/Contributor field.)

Are there any other contributors who are relevant to your project?

(Go to the next field.)

Remove contributorClick to add contributor

Last:,First:Middle or Initial:.

(Enter one verb in the past tense to describe the contributor's role.
For example, the role of illustrator would be listed as illustrated.)

Contributor's Role:

Version (Edition, if there is one):,

(Ex: director’s cut; Ex: uncut version)

Number,

(Use this to identify the episode, season, or series number, when that is relevant and known.
Enter the descriptor and the number. If there are multiple descriptors, separate each with a comma.)
(Ex: season 3; Ex: season 7, episode 135)

(The publisher is the company or organization primarily responsible for making the video. Do not include online hosting sites like YouTube or Hulu. Type the publisher’s full name, but omit business words and their abbreviations like Company, Incorporated, and Limited. Ex: Twentieth Century Fox or HBO)

(Most often, this is used to identify the disc number of a DVD set when that is relevant and known. Enter the descriptor and the number. If there are multiple descriptors, separate each with a comma.)
(Ex: disc 3; Ex: set 1, disc 4)

(The publisher is the company or organization primarily responsible for making the recording. Do not include online hosting sites like YouTube, iTunes, or Spotify. Type the publisher's full name, but omit business words and their abbreviations like Company, Incorporated, and Limited. Ex: Columbia Records or American Public Media)

Publication Date:
Day:
Month:
Year:
.

(Record the date as listed on your source.)

Location:.

(Most often, this is used to identify the disc number of a CD set when that is relevant and known. Enter the descriptor and the number. If there are multiple descriptors, separate each with a comma.)(Ex: disc 3; Ex: set 1, disc 4)

Images, artwork, and objects can be experienced in person or seen in a resource such as a book, periodical, database, or Web site.

For citing artwork or objects that you experienced in person, use this template.

For citing images (of artwork or objects) that you saw in a book, periodical, database, or Web site, MLA gives you two options.

MLA says it is usually enough to identify the author and title of the image, artwork, or object in the body of your paper, followed by an in-text citation for the source you found it in. Then only cite that source (not the image) in your works cited list. For that option, use the Book, Periodical Article, or Web Site Article template to create the citation instead of using this template.

The second option is to start a citation with the information about the image, artwork, or object, and then add the information about the container. The container is the resource -- book, periodical, database, and/or Web site -- in which you found the image. For that option, use this template.

(Enter publisher’s full name, but omit business words and their abbreviations like Company, Incorporated, and Limited. If the Web site title is essentially the same as the publisher’s name, leave Publisher blank.)If the blog title is essentially the same as the publisher’s name, leave Publisher blank.)

Publication Date:

Could you determine a date that the Web site was created, published, or updated?

Only use this template to cite an interview that you conducted or experienced firsthand, including face-to-face, over the telephone, or using video chat. If you read or otherwise saw an interview, cite it using the template for the source that included the interview: book; magazine, newspaper, or journal article; audio or video recording; Web site.

Example – concert performance, attended in person

(You decide who to feature based on how this event relates to your research. This is usually an author, composer, lecturer, or performer. If other, list their role after their name. Ex: Kalmar, Carlos, conductor.)

(Organization primarily responsible for producing or sponsoring the event or making it available to the public; type publisher’s full name, but omit business words and their abbreviations like Company, Incorporated, and Limited; omit publisher’s name if it is included in the title field above.) (Ex: Oregon Symphony; Ex: American Cancer Society)

Example – tweet from Twitter, pseudonym (real name added), title is entire tweet, no timestamp given

Example – post from Facebook, pseudonym (real name added), title is excerpt, no timestamp given

@potus (President Obama). "…At Sherman's sentencing, even the judge couldn't believe he was bound by law to hand down a punishment that didn't fit the crime…" Facebook, 3 Aug. 2016, https://www.facebook.com/potus/posts/517526568437188.

(If the author is a group or goes by an online username, use the Last Name field and leave the other two fields blank. For an online username, if you know the author’s real name, include it in parentheses. Ex: @Pontifex (Pope Francis))

(When there is no title, enter the full text of a tweet. For longer untitled posts, enter the first several sentences. Enter text exactly as it appears in the post, including capitalization and spelling.)

Title of Source(Title of Social Media Site):",

Publication Date (Date & Time of Post):

(Record the date as listed on your source, and include the time, if given.)

Use this template to cite sources that are not already covered in MLA Citation Maker.

The MLA 8 citation guidelines are somewhat flexible. The goal is for you to think critically about each source and to apply a few rules and principles to produce a citation that is appropriate for your project. Two people could use the same source but have different citations, and both could be correct. It depends on several variables, including what aspect of the source is most relevant to the project and what format was used.

Use the most relevant fields of the basic template below to create a citation for your source. Refer to the MLA Handbook (8th ed.) and to the MLA Style Center’s "Works Cited: A Quick Guide," and "Ask the MLA" for additional guidance.

(Organization primarily responsible for producing or sponsoring the source or making it available to the public; type publisher's full name, but omit business words and their abbreviations like Company, Incorporated, and Limited; omit publisher's name if it is included in the title field above)

Publication Date:

(Record the date as listed on your source, and include the time, if given.)

Date:
Day:
Month:
Year:
.

Time:
Hour:
Minute:
A.M./P.M.:
,

Location:.

(If you enter page numbers, precede one with p. and multiple with pp. If you enter a URL, omit the http://.)

Is your source found within another source, such as a magazine inside of a database or a video on a streaming service?

(Organization primarily responsible for producing or sponsoring the source or making it available to the public; type publisher's full name, but omit business words and their abbreviations like Company, Incorporated, and Limited; omit publisher's name if it is included in the title field above)

Publication Date:

(Record the date as listed on your source, and include the time, if given.)

Date:
Day:
Month:
Year:
.

Time:
Hour:
Minute:
A.M./P.M.:
,

Location:.

(If you enter page numbers, precede one with p. and multiple with pp. If you enter a URL, omit the http://.)